(1)This Act may be cited as the Greater London Authority Act 1999.
(2)Apart from this section, section 420 above and any power of a Minister of the Crown to make regulations or an order (which accordingly come into force on the day on which this Act is passed) the provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
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(4)Any order under this section may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force by the order.
(5)Any such order may include such adaptations of—
(a)the provisions which it brings into force, or
(b)any other provisions of this Act then in force,
as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient for the purpose or in consequence of the operation of any provision of this Act (including, in particular, the provisions which the order brings into force) before the coming into force of any other provision.
(6)Subsections (4) and (5) above are without prejudice to section 420 above.
(7)Subject to subsection (8) below, this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.
(8)Any amendment or repeal made by this Act shall have the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.
Subordinate Legislation Made
P1S. 425 power partly exercised (8.12.1999): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/3271, arts. 2-4
S. 425 power partly exercised (21.12.1999): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/3434, arts. 2-4
P2S. 425(2) power partly exercised (13.12.1999): 14.12.1999 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1999/3376, art. 2
S. 425(2) power partly exercised (20.3.2000): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/801, art. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2000/1648, art. 3)
S. 425(2) power partly exercised (14.4.2000): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/1094, arts. 3, 4
S. 425(2) power partly exercised (16.4.2000): "the operative date" (as defined in S.I. 2000/1095, art. 1) appointed for specified provisions and 3.7.2000 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/1095, art. 4
S. 425(2) power partly exercised (21.6.2000): 3.7.2000 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2
S. 425(2) power partly exercised (28.11.2000): 22.1.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/3145, art. 2
S. 425(2) power partly exercised (22.11.2000): 1.1.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2000/3379, art. 2 (subject to saving in art. 3)
S. 425(2) power partly exercised (5.11.2001): 7.11.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/3603, art. 2
Textual Amendments
F1S. 425(3) repealed (10.7.2003) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), s. 114(6), Sch. 8